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Post by newey on Sept 8, 2014 21:58:59 GMT -5
Just thinking today. You all know the old game of: "If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could only bring 5 things with you (or 3 or whatever . . .), what would you bring and why?
Only in this case, this particular deserted island wasn't always deserted. Some Seabees were stationed there a few decades back, and constructed a fully-functional power station, which reliably supplies household voltage to this day.
And also a desalinization plant, and there are plenty of coconuts and taro around to eat. So one's basic material wants are satisfied.
Assume you are stranded on such an island, and can only have 1 guitar, 1 amplifier, and a pair of pedals, together with whatever cables are needed to configure all of it.
What would you bring, and why?
(You can also have a "first alternate" answer. And one of the two pedals can be substituted for a mic, soundcard, USB interface, or other gear.)
Me first:
An Am Std Telecaster with the Baja Mod. A Fender Princeton Reverb (A reissue, for reliability's sake). A Boss SD-1 Super Distortion, and an emulation pedal that can do sims of a 12-string, acoustic, etc.
Reasoning is, the Tele with the Princeton nails those cleans I love, and the Boss distortion pedal is fine for muddying the waters when necessary. The Baja mod on the Tele (with the series wiring) gets one into '80's rock territory. I don't have a specific processor pedal in mind, but if it did a decent job of acoustic emulation plus 12-string, that covers a lot of bases.
Anyone?
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Post by gumbo on Sept 9, 2014 3:53:43 GMT -5
Roland-Ready Strat GC-1 Boss GP-10 (my old) Roland GR-30 A very large and powerful PA System ....and for the last item, an even larger truck full of Scotch  |
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Post by JohnH on Sept 9, 2014 8:22:07 GMT -5
If I can only take one guitar and amp, then it has to be a very personal choice and I'm too attached to my own gear with my various tweaks and mods to want to risk leaving them behind. So it would be my HSS American Special Strat for its ease of playing and versatility, and my Marshall DSL combo. If I had to change, I might step up to an Am Standard, also HSS, and a Marshall Vintage Modern. Owning one of those is on my bucket list. But I reserve the the right to also take my soldering iron and parts box. For a pedal, one juicy overdrive would be nice, maybe a boss od3, and a multifx for chorus delays and extra reverb.
ps Would also need a boat to get over to gumbos island and his truck full of whisky (unless it is only full of Red Label). Newey, where is your island? I'll pick you up on the way.
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Post by cynical1 on Sept 9, 2014 19:11:24 GMT -5
Interesting premise. OK, the ship is going down and I need to grab my gear...
Probably grab the 6 string Peavey bass, the Son of Hyde pedal and the ancient Korg reverb. Probably take the old Peavey amp, since tubes are probably problematic on a deserted island...
So, just for the sake of argument, what's our options when the guy with the accordion washes up on shore?
Happy Trails
Cynical One
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Post by JohnH on Sept 9, 2014 19:32:33 GMT -5
So, just for the sake of argument, what's our options when the guy with the accordion washes up on shore? Happy Trails Cynical One Option 1: We teach him to play 'Whiter Shade of Pale', then we get stoned on fermented taro juice. |
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Post by newey on Sept 9, 2014 21:31:39 GMT -5
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Post by cynical1 on Sept 9, 2014 23:41:00 GMT -5
- Wouldn't it be better to ferment the coconut juice rather than the taro?
Well, I vote we ferment the accordion player... HTC1 |
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Post by sumgai on Sept 10, 2014 1:03:23 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be better to ferment the coconut juice rather than the taro? Well, I vote we ferment the accordion player... HTC1 Well, gum-for-brains is bringing enough hooch, so I don't foresee any problems in that department.... |
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Post by gumbo on Sept 10, 2014 6:56:32 GMT -5
Well, I vote we ferment the accordion player... HTC1 Well, gum-for-brains is bringing enough hooch, so I don't foresee any problems in that department.... Hey! Wait a minute...I thought you said I was the only one who was going to be there... Bring your own damn hooch!!!  |
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Post by lunaalta on Sept 10, 2014 10:54:53 GMT -5
How is it that accordion players always bring the best hooch? |
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Post by newey on Sept 10, 2014 10:57:36 GMT -5
I did say that. It was Cyn who let the accordion player in . . .
Of course, if we have two players, whether guitarists or accordionists, or whatever, then a third person will inevitably appear. It's just the natural order of things. That third person will be a Rock Critic . . .
(... I bet you thought I was going to say "drummer", thereby setting off another round of drummer jokes. But why go there when we're having so much fun with the accordionist?)
Write your own joke: "So, a guitarist, an accordion player, and a rock critic all walk into a bar, and . . ."
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Post by sumgai on Sept 10, 2014 12:42:06 GMT -5
Write your own joke: "So, a guitarist, an accordion player, and a rock critic all walk into a bar, and . . ." ... You'd think at least one of them would've seen the bleepin' thing! |
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Post by b4nj0 on Sept 10, 2014 15:17:33 GMT -5
I'll be happy so long as no one brings any bagpipes...
e&oe
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 3:33:33 GMT -5
- Ibanez UV70p 7-string HSH. I dont own it yet, but till the boat goes down, it think i have time  - Crate 40 solid state amp (and only one i ever had) - boss me-25 pedal board - earphones (to save the rest of islanders from hearing disorders) |
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Post by newey on Sept 11, 2014 5:01:55 GMT -5
No worries about that- it's a deserted island. (Well, except for Cyn's pesky accordion player . . . ) |
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Post by cynical1 on Sept 12, 2014 11:47:40 GMT -5
(Well, except for Cyn's pesky accordion player . . . ) Hey, I was busy looking to see if the Seabees left any ordinance behind...just in case the accordion player washed up. I come back and find somebody else is talking about bagpipes... Did they build a bunker while they were there? HTC1 |
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Post by newey on Sept 12, 2014 20:27:35 GMT -5
I'd say, if you want there to be a bunker, there is a bunker. It's sort of like Fantasy Island. But no Rourke or Tatu. But it's still a deserted island, except for you . . .and a different deserted island for each of us, GD, sg, et al. But, if you want, there could be a Japanese soldier in that bunker, up on the side of the volcano cone, who still thinks WW II is ongoing. He makes occasional banzai charges and is still spry at age 88. His ammo has, however, degraded over the years, and become unstable, tending to go off at random intervals . . . . Oh, and there's breadfruit. Whatever the heck that is.  |
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Post by cynical1 on Sept 13, 2014 0:08:03 GMT -5
But, if you want, there could be a Japanese soldier in that bunker, up on the side of the volcano cone, who still thinks WW II is ongoing. He makes occasional banzai charges and is still spry at age 88. His ammo has, however, degraded over the years, and become unstable, tending to go off at random intervals . . . Well that explains why Lee Marvin was hanging around... HTC1 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2014 0:37:13 GMT -5
But, if you want, there could be a Japanese soldier in that bunker, up on the side of the volcano cone, who still thinks WW II is ongoing. He makes occasional banzai charges and is still spry at age 88. His ammo has, however, degraded over the years, and become unstable, tending to go off at random intervals . . . . No Japanese soldier in my version. By seeing the Ibanez he might be shocked by discovering that USA and Japan became best buddies ever since. |
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Post by JohnH on Sept 13, 2014 5:31:35 GMT -5
This island is getting more and more confusing. I suspect that even after five seasons I still wont understand what is going on.
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Post by b4nj0 on Sept 13, 2014 6:57:10 GMT -5
Don't forget to make sure that your passport is able to be read "electronically" because otherwise they may not let you on to the island...
Actually, with Scotlandshire getting ready to jump ship, and the Welsh, Yorkies and Cornish (and some say the residents of Londonshire) making ready to shuffle off, this little island will soon become deserted!
e&oe
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Post by D2o on Oct 5, 2014 21:22:40 GMT -5
Hey all, I hope you are all fine. I had a few minutes to spare for a change and came across this thread. Me, I'd bring my acoustic (Yamaha FG-450S) and a cooler full of Muskoka Cream Ale and another cooler full of Fernandes Old Oak Rum, and probably a smaller cooler with some Tylenol, extra guitar strings and a comb I guess. I hope none of you actually get stranded on a deserted island, but if you do - and I am not sure how literal the definition in this question is allowed to be taken - but if this really was a deserted island (i.e. no longer inhabited by people) I hope it turns out to be the site of a really bad experiment by Gibson or something ... ... "Orville, I am not completely in agreement with this whole factory on a remote island concept". "Awww, can it, Festus." There could be some way better guitars there than mine, and maybe super-rare old scotch or rum or some such spirits - possibly a cot as well. That would be cool. But it's probably just a desert island somewhere, all alone and lonely. I can live with my acoustic, in that case (of rum). Cheers, D2o |
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Post by edvard on Oct 8, 2014 19:53:59 GMT -5
*snicker* I couldn't understand it even when all my friends were talking about it. In depth. For hours.  Okay here goes... Guitar: Eastman Breadwinner (because you can bypass the active stuff). The original Ovation has been my dream guitar since I was 14. The only thing I didn't like was the active circuitry and the switching scheme, which confused me to no end when I finally was able to play one, so I vowed that when I finally did get one of my own, it was going to be passive with some good quality pickups. When I was 20, they could be found at pawn shops for less than $500. Try that now... Amp: Mesa Boogie head, either a Mark IIc+ or "Red Stripe" Mark III, with a twin cab (I'm a sucker for the twin sound). I would wish for the cab to be loaded with Peavey Black Widow 12's but that's a little too much fantasy for an island missing Rourke and Tatu. I'll also assume that those Seabees were radio techs and left a good supply of NOS 12AX7's and 6L6's hmm? Pedals: I'm torn. I used to really like a nice chorus every now and then, but I hardly ever use one these days. In the 80's it was mandatory. I will say that I won't give up my original Ross chorus for anything, even if I don't use it, so I guess that's getting washed up on shore. As for the second pedal, the Boogie has way enough gain, so I won't need an overdrive, maybe a wah, just to make some extra noise with? I'll take an optical unit like the old Morley wah, because I'd rather have a wah with a little less quack than a scratchy wah. Can taro root be a suitable substitute for sassafrass? I'm a teetotaler, so fermenting isn't my thing, but a smooth foamy root brew with just a hint of bite would suit me fine. Nice topic BTW, made me re-think priorities. |
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Post by gumbo on Oct 13, 2014 5:17:16 GMT -5
*snicker* I couldn't understand it even when all my friends were talking about it. In depth. For hours. ...'Northern Exposure' was a whole lot easier.. |
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